By Ryan J. Reilly, Chloe Atkins, Dareh Gregorian and Joe Kottke The Justice Department filed charges Thursday against a man who is accused of trying to spray Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., with a substance from a syringe during a town hall in Minneapolis this week. Anthony Kazmierczak faces a count alleging that he “forcibly assaulted, opposed, impeded, intimidated and officer and employee of the United States” while she was engaged in official duties. In a separate case, federal prosecutors in Kansas charged a man there with making a death threat against Omar on Facebook. The affidavit in the Minnesota case alleges that Kazmierczak had previously threatened Omar, as well,
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